Lead Design Systems Technologist – Remote

501 CSAA Insurance Services, Inc.; Arizona; Remote; USD 152,000 - 203,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-first culture

Flexible workplace

Annual bonus eligibility

Job summary

CSAA Insurance Group is seeking a Lead Design Technologist, Design Systems, to build and evolve the technical foundations for consistent AI-enabled experiences across CSAA. You will translate UX standards into scalable assets like components, tokens, APIs, and shared packages, collaborating with UX, CX, Engineering, and Architecture.

You will define the technical structure, ensure production-ready implementations, and extend the design system to AI with governance and observability, driving

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8+ years of progressive experience in design systems, front-end engineering, design technology, or experience architecture.
• Strong hands-on front-end engineering experience with a modern component framework.
• Experience implementing and governing design tokens, component libraries, and the technical expression of reusable UX patterns at enterprise scale.
• Practical experience with design-to-code workflows and the tools that connect design assets to production components.
• Working fluency with AI-assisted development tools and a practical understanding of how AI models use context, skills, and tool definitions.
• Ability to define the structure and technical direction of a shared system and partner effectively with Engineering and Architecture to bring it to life.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain the technical structure of the enterprise design system.
• Translate patterns into scalable component APIs, tokens, and shared packages.
• Ensure UX definitions are implemented accurately in production.
• Define how assets are structured, versioned, and reused across products.
• Partner with UX and platform teams to integrate with third-party platforms.

Skills

Front-end engineering

Design systems

AI knowledge

Documentation

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

APIs

Design tokens

Shared packages

Job description

CSAA Insurance Group is seeking a Lead Design Technologist, Design Systems, to build and evolve the technical foundations for consistent AI-enabled experiences across CSAA. You will translate UX standards into scalable assets like components, tokens, APIs, and shared packages, collaborating with UX, CX, Engineering, and Architecture.

You will define the technical structure, ensure production-ready implementations, and extend the design system to AI with governance and observability, driving